Identifying
local champions and resource people aware of this
opportunity will be an ongoing challenge for everyone
involved in this work. Check out the contact
information of the people who attended the initial
meeting in Winnipeg.

As well,
we want to expand this group until every rural
and remote community across Canada has at least one
local champion who is working to establish
broadband connectivity for local benefit and development
opportunities.

To share
information (proposals, announcements, developments,
strategies, etc) on local initiatives and opportunities
concerning the use and access of this public benefit.
The latest information on this initiative and the
work of the partners is posted athttp://smart.knet.ca/satellite/information

2. Learn
about Industry Canada's C-Band Transponder and K-Net's
arrangement to develop a portion of this resource to
deliver community services for public benefit using
a local aggregation model

3. Examine
different network management models that can be used
to share this limited resource and maximize its potential
for the public benefit of First Nations, rural and remote
communities

4. Develop
a consortium of potential partners of regional networks
in the development of a strategy to deliver efficient
usage of the limited C-Band space by sharing information
and working together to support the goal of delivering
broadband connectivity to every community by 2005